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La sub de temps introduite par WHEN ASA THE MOMENT THE MINUTE ONCE UNTIL IN CASE AFTER n’accepte ni le présent ni le conditionnel

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We Will have a walk when it’s stops raining.

He told he would call as soon as he got home.

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Malgré / en depit de

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For all + nom

For all + préposition

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Distribuer/ remettre

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To hand out

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Si tu avais prévu

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Had you planned

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Reprendre la suite de quelque chose

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To take over

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Susciter la colère , l’hostilité

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To arouse hostility, anger

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A peine … Que

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NO SOONER… THAN

HARDLY/ BARELY/ SCARCELY…WHEN

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La première fois
La deuxième fois
La troisième fois

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+ PRESENT PERFECT

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Être confronté a

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To be confronted with

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C’est une si belle maison!

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This is such beautiful a house

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Prévisions économiques

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Economic prospects
Economic Outlook
Economic forecasts

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Fonctionnaires

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Civil servants

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Paperasserie

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Red tape

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Après des verbes qui contiennent l’idée d’une volonté ou d’un souhait comme ASK SUGGEST ORDER DÉCIDE URGE ou après des adjectifs comme IMPORTANT ESSENTIAL URGENT , le subjonctif est de rigueur

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It’s important that he attend the meeting

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Dire du mal de quelqu’un

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To speak ill of somebody

To bad mouth somebody

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Est rarement du seul fait

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Is seldom up to…

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Rechercher l’aval du congrès

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To Drum up support on congress

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Susciter l’inquiétude

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To raise concerns about

This is a cause for serious concerns

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Porter attente a la vie privée

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To infringe on somebody’s privacy

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Reconnaître quelqu’un coupable de

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To convict smby for

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Remettre en question

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To question

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Soutenir/ donner raison a quelqu’un

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To uphold

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Une avalanche de critiques

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A storm of protests

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Éroder

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To erode

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Souligner/ indiquer

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To point to + nom
All the evidence points to his guilt
Everything points to a brilliant carreer for him

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Être fidèle a

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To be true to
To live up to
To live up to one’s promises

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Être a la hauteur de ce qu’on attend

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To live up to one’s expectations

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Défendre

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To champion

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Criant

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Glaring

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Souiller

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To Sully

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Cacher/ couvrir/ déguiser quelque chose

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To cloak smtg

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Faire mauvaise usage

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To abuse / to misuse

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La base les fondements

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The cornerstone

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Égaler / être a la hauteur

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To match

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Racheter

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To buy up

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Monter sa propre entreprise

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To start one’s own business

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Une petite affaire

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A business

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L’entreprise est a bout de souffle

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…is on it’s last legs

The company has filed for chapter 11

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Il me manque 10$

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I’m ten $ short

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39
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D’epoque

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Antic

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Un brocanteur

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A second goods dealer

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Connaître

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To Enjoy / to experience

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Une économie en berne

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An ailing economy

An economy un poor shape

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Une économie chancelante

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A flaging economy

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44
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Le ministre des finances

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The chancellor of exchequier

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45
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A chaque instant

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Every minute that went by

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46
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Fin novembre

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In late november

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47
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Pour rien au monde

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On no account

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Une volonté de fer

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A steely will
An iron
An unyielding
An unflinching

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Regarder quelqu’un régulièrement

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To monitor

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Écouter de manière indiscrète

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To eavesdrop

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51
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La marque de fabrique

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The trademark

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52
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Acheter quelqu’un

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To bribe

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Rendre a quelqu’un la pareille

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To return one’s favor

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54
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Changer son fusil d’épaule

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To switch his allegiance to

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55
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Prendre ses distances avec

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To distance oneself from

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56
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Pays d’accueil

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Host country

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Sur tous les fronts

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On all fronts

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58
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Produits alimentaires

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Foodstuffs

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Bourse

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Stock exchange

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Places financières

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Stock markets

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Réactiver la croissance

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To resume economic growth

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62
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Saisir une occasion ❤️

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To make the most of the opportunity

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63
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Rappeler quelque chose

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Remind OF

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Je sais ce que c’est ❤️

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I know what’s what

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Et d’ailleurs

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And for that matter

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66
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Se formait en moi

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Taking shape inside

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Si tu as des ennuis

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If you are un any problems

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Une mère a de l’expérience

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A mother knows the ropes

Mama knows best

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Jouer avec quelque chose dans la main

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To toy / fidget with smtg

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Disparaître ❤️

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To vanish

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Faire place

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To give way to

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Être utile

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To be of any use

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73
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Dire sèchement

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To say curtly

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74
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Se confier a quelqu’un

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To confide in sbdy

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75
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Regarder quelqu’un de haut en bas

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To look sby up And down

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Remuer

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To fidget around

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Brusque / sec / cassant

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Curt

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Affute / coupant / aiguise

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Sharp

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Dire qq. chose sur un ton brusque

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To snap

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Dire qq chose d’amusant sur un ton très sérieux

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Dryly

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Déposer quelqu’un qq part

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To give a lift

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Faire disparaître quelque chose

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To walk sthg off

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Plier

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To fold

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84
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… A mis la clé sous la porte

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The business folded

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85
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Les restes

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The leftovers

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86
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Être plié de rire

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To be doubled up with laughter

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Tourner le dos a

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To turn away from

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Traîner les pieds

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To shuffle

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Cesser de

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To break steps with

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Écarter l’idée de

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To rule out + ING

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Passer le flambeau a

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To hand over the mantel of power to

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Démêler / déjouer

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To unravel

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La dégradation d’une relation

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The unravelling of a relationship

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Faire pencher la balance contre

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To tilt the balance against

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En phase avec

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In keeping with

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S’en sortir mieux

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To be better off

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A part entière ❤️

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A fully-fledged

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A fait son temps

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To run one’s course

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Redistribuer les cartes

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To reshuffle the cards

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N’est rien d’autre que ❤️

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Is but

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101
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Lukewarm

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Tiède

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102
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A l’inverse ❤️

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Conversely

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103
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Tout au contraire ❤️

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Quite the reverse

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Soumettre le problème aux mains des gens

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To put the matter to the people

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S’essouffler ❤️

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To flag

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106
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Le déroulement

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The unwinding

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107
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Faire face a une dure réalité

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To face stark realities

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108
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Engendrer

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To breed

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109
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Passer au dessus de

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To override

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En cours ❤️

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Ongoing

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Passer outre / faire fi de

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To flout

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Aux dépends de / au détriment de ❤️

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At the expense of

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Encombrant / gros

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Hefty / bulky

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Faire du bruit ❤️❤️

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To be vocal

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Écrasants / assomants

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Crippling

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116
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Trouver bon de faire qq chose ❤️

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To think/ to see fit to do smtg

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S’opposer a

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To stand up to

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118
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Tout puissant

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Almighty

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119
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Rejeter par le vote

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To vote down

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120
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Avoir beau ❤️

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May…

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Écrasant ❤️

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Overwhelming ❤️

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Profondément ancre ❤️❤️❤️

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Deeply embedded

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Prendre a bras le corps ❤️❤️❤️

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To get to grips with

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Consternant ❤️

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Baffling

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Explique ❤️

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Account for

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Ainsi que ❤️❤️❤️

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Along with

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Sévère

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Stern

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128
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Défaire

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To untie

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129
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Avoir un manque relatif

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To crave for

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130
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Se précipiter

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To dart

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131
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Caprices

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Whims

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Se tenir droit

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To be upright

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133
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Des universités prestigieuses

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Top-notch universities

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134
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L’emporte sur

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Prevail over

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135
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Truquer

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To rig

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Être a l’aise avec soi même

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To ne at ease with oneself

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137
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Faire quelque chose avec facilité

A

To do something at ease

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138
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Longuement

A

At length

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139
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Se présenter aux élections

A

To stand for élections

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140
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Susciter un tollé

A

To raise an outcry

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141
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Crouler sous les dettes

A

To drown in debt

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142
Q

En général

A

Overall

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143
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Ces derniers temps

A

Lately

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144
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S’acquitter des tâches ménagères

A

To do a household chores

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145
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Devoir qq chose a qqun

A

To owe to sby

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146
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Qui reste a payer

A

Outstanding

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147
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S’immiscer

A

To crop up

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148
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La paperasserie

A

Redtape

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149
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1 mile

A

1.6 km

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150
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1 yard

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91 cm

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151
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1 foot

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30.48 cm

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152
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1 inch

A

2.54 cm

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153
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Quand est ce que l’on arrive?

A

Are we there yet?

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154
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Payer l’addition

A

To foot the bill

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155
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Se juger - se percher

A

To perch on

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156
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Genoux

A

Lap/ knees

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157
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Arriver quelque part sans effort

A

To drop / to fall / to land

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158
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Engourdi

A

Numb

Ex: my arm has gone numb

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159
Q

Paralyser au figure

A

To be numb with

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160
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Approcher

A

To draw to move nearer, closer to

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161
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S’approcher

A

To Come up to

To Côme close to

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162
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Crever de faim

A

To starve

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163
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Un noyau

A

A stone / a pit

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164
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Voler quelque chose furtivement qui a peu de valeur

A

To pinch
To felt
To steal

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165
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Bombarder quelqu’un

A

To pelt

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166
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Des fruits

A

Fruit sans S

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167
Q

Lancer quelque chose pour faire mal

A

To Throw smtg AT

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168
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Lancer qq chose pour que quelqu’un l’attrape

A

To Throw smtg TO

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169
Q

Un éclat de rire

A

Burst of laughter sans S!

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170
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Étranger au pays

A

A foreigner

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171
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Quelqu’un que l’on ne connaît pas

A

A stranger

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172
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N’appartient pas au groupe

A

An outsider

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173
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Chauve

A

Bald

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174
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Teint jaunâtre

A

Sallow complexion

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175
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Extropier

A

To cripple

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176
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Un infirme

A

A cripple

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177
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Handicapés

A

People with disabilities

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178
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Essuyer une défaite

A

To suffer a setback

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179
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Essuyer un refus

A

To meet with refusal

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180
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Une ruée, une débandade,

A

A stampede

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181
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S’échapper d’affolement

A

To stampede

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182
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Symboliquement

A

In token

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183
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Une augmentation, une poussée

A

A surge

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184
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Une vague d’émotion

A

A surge of emotion

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185
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La peine, la tristesse

A

Sorrow

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186
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Pousser quelqu’un a agir

A

To rouse smby to action

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187
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Piller

A

To pillage

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188
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Un fonctionnaire

A

A civil servant

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189
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Un frein

A

A brake

A drag on ❤️

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190
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Critiquer

A

To lambast

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191
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S’adonner a

A

To indulge

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192
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Un frein

A

Hindrance ❤️

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193
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Éviter

A

To shun

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194
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S’opposer

A

To incur

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195
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Magouilles

A

Wheeling And dealing

Shenanigans

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196
Q

L’influence

A

The sway/ the clout

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197
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Avant et après +

A

Before And after + ING

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198
Q

Soutenir- renforcer

A

To bolster

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199
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Prendre part a

Participer de

A

To partake of

200
Q

A la base

A

Grassroots

201
Q

La bête noire le cauchemar

A

The bugbear

202
Q

Précipité

A

Hasty

203
Q

Aborder un sujet

A

To broach a subject

204
Q

Jaunie

A

Faded

205
Q

Tâche de rousseur

A

Freckle

206
Q

Chamailleries

A

Wrangling and bickering

207
Q

Murmurer

A

To murmure/ to mumble/ to mutter

208
Q

Sortir de la voiture, de la douche

A

To step out of

209
Q

Rattraper

A

To catch up with

210
Q

Trouver une solution

S’arranger

A

To figure it out
To get round the problem
To work something out

211
Q

Bégayer

A

To stammer

212
Q

Épuiser l’énergie

A

To drain sby energy

213
Q

Glousser

A

To titter / to giggle

214
Q

Rejeter mettre fin

A

To quash ❤️

215
Q

Voltiger survoler

A

To hover

216
Q

Se retourner

A

To turn around

217
Q

Revenir sur ses pas

A

To turn back

218
Q

Un ivrogne

A

La drunkard

219
Q

Répondre de façon malpolie

A

To answer back

220
Q

Un imperméable

A

A Mac / a raincoat

221
Q

Désapprouver

A

To frown upon

Such behaviour is frowned upon

222
Q

Un livre de chevet

A

A bedside book

223
Q

Tomber sur quelque chose

A

To come accross

224
Q

Être a la bonne taille

A

To fit

225
Q

Trouver du temps pour

A

To fit

You can fit 5 people on this car

226
Q

Sans chichis

A

No frills

227
Q

Comprendre

A

To figure out

228
Q

De 2 rang / influent

A

Small Time / big Time

229
Q

Hurler de peur

A

To scream / to shriek

230
Q

Hurler de douleur

A

To shriek with pain/ to scream / to yell (out)

231
Q

Regarder fixement

A

To stare at

232
Q

Regarder quelque chose qui est en mouvement

A

To watch

233
Q

Sauter a cloche pied

A

To hope

234
Q

Un gravier

A

Gravel

–> IND

235
Q

Enlever sa chaussure

A

Take off one shoe

236
Q

D’un ton sans appel

A

In a definite tone of voice

237
Q

Laisser échapper un mot une info un secret

A

To blurt out

238
Q

Rire aux éclats

A

To burst into laughter

239
Q

Reprendre sa respiration

A

To catch one’s breath

240
Q

Retenir sa respiration

A

To hold one’s breath

241
Q

Faire une pause

A

To take a breather

242
Q

Couper le souffle

A

To take one’s breath away

243
Q

Dans son regard brillait

A

Her face shone with

To shine with

244
Q

L’orchestre

A

The stalls

245
Q

Une entracte

A

The interval

246
Q

Les gradins

A

The bleachers

247
Q

Entrer petit a petit / sortir petit a petit

A

To filter in / out

248
Q

Persister/ traîner / s’attarder / subsister

A

To linger

249
Q

A grands pas

A

To stride out / in / away

250
Q

Faire les cents pas

A

To stride up And down the street

251
Q

Emboîter le pas

A

To follow suit

252
Q

Tomber sur quelqu’un

A

To run into / to bump into

253
Q

Penaud

A

Sheepishly

254
Q

Sourire en montrant les dents

A

To grin

255
Q

Faire la critique de

A

To review

256
Q

Faire remarquer

A

To remark

257
Q

Un smoking

A

A tuxedo

258
Q

Dîner au restaurant

A

To dinne out

259
Q

Arranger un pb

A

To sort thing out

260
Q

Vêtu de

A

Cramped in / encased in

261
Q

Signer un autographe

A

To sign / to autograph

262
Q

Enfiler un vêtement

A

Ito quickly put on a piece of clothing

263
Q

A pied

A

On feet

264
Q

Apparaître

A

To come on sight

265
Q

Resplendissant

A

Beaming

266
Q

Rayonner de

A

To beam with

267
Q

Saisir rapidement et avec fermete

A

To seize

268
Q

Saisir avec chaleur

A

To grasp

269
Q

Saisir égoïstement

A

To grab

270
Q

Décontenancer / dérouter / déjouer

A

To baffle

271
Q

Échapper a la justice ou a un ennemi

A

To elude

272
Q

Misérable démoralisé

A

Wretched

273
Q

Actually

A

Exprime la gène, l’ignorance, la surprise

274
Q

Met en valeur le dernier point d’une énumération

A

…. To boot

275
Q

Parfois

A

Now And Then

276
Q

D’une certaine façon, en quelque sorte, pour une raison ou une autre

A

somehow

277
Q

Corvées/ tâches

A

Chores

278
Q

S’occuper de

A

To attend to

Are you being attended to?

279
Q

Un bilan inégal / mitigé

A

A patchy record

280
Q

Déblayer le terrain

A

To clear the decks

281
Q

La majorité

A

Mainstream ❤️

282
Q

Pester contre

A

To rail against

283
Q

Un jour ferie

A

A public holiday / a bank holiday

284
Q

Le soir le matin le dimanche

A

In the eveningS/ in the morningS / on sundayS

285
Q

Rester tard

A

To stay up

286
Q

Rester éveille

A

To Stay awake

287
Q

Dormir a point ferme

A

To be sound asleep

288
Q

Remuer pour une personne

A

To move around

289
Q

Remuer un objet

A

To fidget to toy

290
Q

Remuer au figure

A

To stir

The breeze stirred the leaves

291
Q

Faire la vaisselle

A

To do the washing up

292
Q

Ranger

A

To put smtg away

To tidy

293
Q

Aider quelqu’un a faire quelque chose

A

To help sby do

294
Q

Doux

A

Soft un objet une personne

Mild pour un climat ou une saveur

295
Q

Voir to see

A

To see + ING on a vu tt le processus

To see + BV on ne la vu que partiellement

296
Q

Toujours

A

Always + BV

Si on a always + ING –> insistance

297
Q

Semé d’embuches

A

Full of pitfalls
Riddled with obstacles
Fraught with pitfalls

298
Q

Mourir

A

To pass away

299
Q

S’évanouir

A

To faint

To pass out

300
Q

Arriver
Précis
Imprécis

A

Take place - occur

To happen

301
Q

Bien après

A

Well / way beyond
Well past
Way after

302
Q

L’escalier

A

Staircase

Starwell-stairway

303
Q

Embrasure de la porte

A

The doorway

304
Q

Se rendre quelque part

A

Proceed

305
Q

Une bibliothèque (meuble)

Lieu

A

A bookcase

A library

306
Q

Pratiquement

A

Virtually

“He started with virtually Nothing”

307
Q

Bien a la vue - en évidence-ostentatoire

A

Conspicuously

308
Q

C’est moi qui ai le plus de livre

A

“I’ve got the most book”

309
Q

“C’est lui qui gagne le plus d’argent”

A

“He earns the most money”

310
Q

Ce fut une belle journée

A

“That was a most delightful day”

311
Q

Beaucoup de bruit pour rien

A

Much ado about Nothing

312
Q

Autrement- par ailleurs- différemment

A

Otherwise
“Some people think Otherwise”
It was a violent end to an Otherwise peaceful demonstration”

313
Q

Astiquer- briquer

A

To polish

314
Q

Donnant sur

A

Opening on

315
Q

Vénielle pas très important

A

Trivial

316
Q

Ce qui est tout a son honneur

A

To his credit… I must say❤️

317
Q

Croire / attribuer a

A

To credit

“I could HARDLY crédit it”

318
Q

Quoiqu’il advienne

A

“Whatever may befall”

319
Q

Être un jusqu’au boutiste

A

To be a die hard… ❤️

320
Q

Bien encre

A

Entrenched

321
Q

Soutenir - étayer (un propos)

A

To underpine

322
Q

Conforment aux standards

A

Judging by the standards of…

323
Q

Vivre au dessus de ses moyens

A

To live beyond one’s means

324
Q

Jouer dans la cour des grands

A

To punch above one’s weight

325
Q

Être susceptible

A

To be touchy

326
Q

Un sujet sensible ❤️

A

A touchy issue

327
Q

Être chatouilleux

A

To be ticklish

328
Q

“Viens t’asseoir a notre table”

A

“Come & sit at our table”

329
Q

Être au plus bas ❤️

A

To be at an all Time low

330
Q

Le fond de mon verre

A

The bottom of my glass

331
Q

Se disputer avec quelqu’un

A

To have a row with smby

332
Q

Passer un savon a quelqu’un

A

To give somebody a row ❤️

333
Q

To avoid + ensemble vide + ING

A

She avoided answering

334
Q

L’héritier

L’héritière

A

The heir TO

The heiress

335
Q

Un peu

A

Slightly ❤️

336
Q

Être passager

A

To ride a vehicle

“We got onto the bus And rode into”

337
Q

Croiser quelqu’un

A

To cross path with

338
Q

Imaginer

A

To picture

339
Q

Nauséeux

A

Nauseated

340
Q

Écœurant

A

Nauseous

341
Q

Un tas de

A

A bunch of …

342
Q

Détenir la citoyenneté britannique

A

To hold British citizenship

343
Q

Remplir

A

To fill in / out

344
Q

Entraîner / impliquer

A

To entail

345
Q

Transmettre

A

To convey

346
Q

Environ plus chiffres

A

Some

“The car stopped some 25 yards from Where we were standing”

347
Q

Impossible de…

A

There si no + ING

348
Q

Une maternité / une clinique

A

A nursing home

349
Q

Une crèche une chambre d’enfant

A

A nursery

350
Q

Une comptine

A

A nursery Rice

351
Q

Un coup de chance

A

A stroke of luck

352
Q

Caresser un chat

A

To stroke a cat

353
Q

Terre a terre

A

A matter of fact …

354
Q

Aiguilles d’une montre

A

The little And the big hands

355
Q

Dégringoler des escaliers

A

To Tumble down stairs

356
Q

Dégringoler / chuter

A

To tumble

357
Q

Haleter - avoir le souffle coupe

A

To gasp

358
Q

Avoir le souffle couple de surprise

A

To give a gasp of surprise

359
Q

Un feu d’artifice

A

A firework

360
Q

Fade + book + film + taste + food

+ personne

A

Bland

Terne

361
Q

Passer l’aspirateur

A

To Hoover / to vacuum

362
Q

Une moquette

A

A wall-to-wall carpeting

363
Q

Avoir du ressentiment envers

A

To bear / to feel / to show resentment against / towards

364
Q

En vouloir a quelqu’un

A

To resent + ING

365
Q

Inoccupé - au chômage - paresseux

Paroles en l’air

A

Idle

Idle promises

366
Q

Satané - foutu

A

Bloody…

367
Q

La suffisance

A

Complacency

368
Q

Priceless

Worthless

A

Things of great value

Things of little value

369
Q

Un gamin

A

A kiddy

370
Q

Une maison de vacances

A

A secondary home

371
Q

Être fier de quelque chose

A

To pride oneself on doing smtg

372
Q

Rater le coche

A

To miss the bus / the boat

373
Q

S’étendre pour une personne

S’étendre déferler pour un inanimé

A

To sprawl

To sweep

374
Q

Un froid glacial

A

A bitter cold weather

375
Q

Amer pour une personne
Violenté pour une opposition
Plein d’amertume visage

A

Bitter

376
Q

Elle dort la fenêtre ouverte

A

She sleeps WITH the window open

377
Q

Regarder quelqu’un du coin de l’œil

A

To look sby out the corner of one’s eye

378
Q

Il lui a jeté un regard en coin

A

A gave her a sideling glance

379
Q

Menacer du regard

A

To look threateningly at

380
Q

Il lui a fait un sourire en coin

A

He gave her a half smile

381
Q

Effronté

A

Brazen

382
Q

Dissuader quelqu’un

A

He talkies me out of + ING

383
Q

Faire semblant

A

To prétend to DO
To fake + nom
“I fake happiness”

384
Q

Crever (pour une personne)

A

To kick the bucket

385
Q

Au volant

A

At the wheel

386
Q

Le jour / la nuit

A

By day / by night

“By day he’s a banker but by night je sings on a club”

387
Q

Venir a ma rescousse

A

To sprang to rescue smby

388
Q

Un cabinet médical ou dentaire

A

A surgery / consulting room

389
Q

La chirurgie esthétique

A

Cosmetic surgery

390
Q

Complexités

A

Intricacies

391
Q

Tous ensemble

A

All together

392
Q

Complètement

A

Altogether

393
Q

Un - sur -

A

Every other -

394
Q

Jongler avec

A

To juggle with

395
Q

Certes

A

Granted

396
Q

Fonctionner

A

To work out

397
Q

Considérer

A

To consider + ING

398
Q

Une ruelle

A

A lane

399
Q

Vitrail

A

Stained glass

400
Q

Une tinte

A

A tinge

401
Q

Une pointe de

A

A tinge of

402
Q

Repousser à plus tard

A

To put off

403
Q

Dégouté

A

To be put off

404
Q

Ça ma coupe l’appétit

A

It put me off my dinner

405
Q

Tarabiscoté

A

Finicky

406
Q

Connaissances / relations

A

Acquaintances

“She has a wide circle of acquaintances”

407
Q

En le connaissant mieux

A

On further / closer acquaintance …

408
Q

Pour une bouchée de pain

A

For next to Nothing

For a song

409
Q

Une palissade

A

A paling / a fence / a pailing fence

410
Q

Un appartement de 3 pièces

A

A 3-room flat

411
Q

Sélectionner

A

To cherry-pick

412
Q

Avoir peu de marge de manœuvre

A

To have little room / leeway for manœuvre ❤️

413
Q

Mettre dans le même sac

A

To lump together

414
Q

Mécontent

A

Disgruntled

415
Q

Un propriétaire

A

A landlord

416
Q

Un locataire

A

A tener

417
Q

Mieux connaître quelqu’un

A

Get tong to know better

418
Q

Traîner

A

To loiter / to hang about / to lurk

To hang around

419
Q

Worth + ING

A

It’s worth trying

420
Q

Siroté - boire des petites gorgées

A

To sip

421
Q

Vidé son verre

A

To drain one’s glass

422
Q

C’est toi l’idiot dans l’histoire

A

The laugh’s on you

423
Q

Un sourire insolent , d’autosatisfaction

A

A smurk

424
Q

Sobre

A

Sober

425
Q

Un casse pied a la soirée

A

A party-bore

426
Q

Un cerf

A

A deer

427
Q

Une biche

A

A doe / a deer

428
Q

Une scie

A

A saw

429
Q

Après

A

Then

And Then What did you do

430
Q

Bûcheron

A

A woodcutter

431
Q

Tu veux bien? Menaçant

A

Will you

432
Q

Un coup de tonnerre

A

A stroke of lightning

433
Q

La foudre / l’éclair

A

Lightning IND

434
Q

Une visite brève

A

A lightning visit

435
Q

Tomber sur

A

To come across / to bump into

436
Q

2 semaines 1 quinzaine de jours

A

A fortnight

437
Q

Avoir très envie

A

To long to do

438
Q

L’argent est roi

A

Money talks

439
Q

Départager

A

To tell sby apart

440
Q

Regarder en plissant les yeux pour mieux voir parce qu’on est ébloui ou myope ❤️

A

To peer at

441
Q

Lancer un regard furieux ❤️

A

To glare at

442
Q

Regarder sans voir en pensant a autre chose, regarder de manière nostalgique ❤️

A

To gaze at

443
Q

Jeter un regard bref ❤️

A

To glance at

444
Q

Regarder avec étonnement ou curiosité ❤️

A

To stare at

445
Q

Parcourir des yeux l’ensemble de quelque chose sans faire attention aux détails ❤️

A

To scan

446
Q

Piquer une crise (enfant)

A

To have / to Throw a tantrum

447
Q

Piquer une crise (adulte)

A

To have a fit

448
Q

Un petit voyou (pas délinquant)

A

A tyke

449
Q

Glousser

A

To chortle / to giggle

450
Q

Doubler une voiture

A

To overtake a car

451
Q

Allée prive

A

A drive

452
Q

Tirer brusquement ou se redresser

A

To jerk out

453
Q

Cligner des yeux

A

To blink

454
Q

Faire un clin d’œil a quelqu’un

A

To wink at sby

455
Q

Un clin d’œil a (figuré)

A

A veiled reference to

456
Q

Plisser des yeux ou loucher

A

To squint

457
Q

Être capricieux

A

To be temperamental

458
Q

Faire avec / composer

A

To make do with ❤️

459
Q

Éternuer

A

To sneer

460
Q

Eprouvant

A

Trying

461
Q

Un pyjama

A

A pair of pyjamas

462
Q

Déguisement

A

A costume / an outfit

463
Q

Être furieux contre

A

Ito be angry with sby for + ING

464
Q

Un loyer

A

A rent

465
Q

Une triste nouvelle

A

This is very sad news

466
Q

Se remette de quelque chose

A

To get over sth

467
Q

Tenir le haut du pavé

A

To rule the economic / éducation Roost

468
Q

Attirer les meilleurs élèves

A

To attract the best And the brightest

469
Q

Investir gros dans

A

To plough money into

470
Q

Appeler

A

To call up to phone to ring up

471
Q

Passer voir quelqu’un

A

To go around And see sby

To drop by And see sby ❤️

472
Q

Tous sans exception

A

To a man

To a Man they had been polite..

473
Q

Avoir l’air décontracté

A

To look cool

474
Q

Se montrer froid

A

To be cool

475
Q

Ne pas être intéressé par quelque chose

A

To be cool about smtg

476
Q

Banalités bavardages

A

Small talks

477
Q

Fluide / vaporeux

A

Flowing

478
Q

Sur les bords de

A

On the banks of

479
Q

Surplomber

A

To overlook / to overhang

480
Q

S’accouder a une table

A

To rest one’s elbows on

481
Q

Quelque chose sans fioritures, conçu simplement

A

Plane

482
Q

Gravé

A

Carved

483
Q

Choisir quelque chose ❤️

A

To go for

484
Q

Des souvenirs pénibles

A

Unhappy memories

Unpleasant memories

485
Q

Elle attendit sans oser l’interroger

A

She waited without daring to question her

486
Q

Je n’ai pas été gâtée par la vie

A

Life has been tough on me

487
Q

Un vestibule

A

A vestibule

488
Q

L’entrebaillement des portes

A

Through the doors left ajar

489
Q

L’horloge indiquait 8heures

A

The clock showed eight

490
Q

En face

A

Across the street

491
Q

Éblouir

A

To dazzle

492
Q

Grésillement d’un néon

A

The buzzing of the neon lights

493
Q

En bas

A

Down on the street

494
Q

Un flot de voitures

A

A stream of cars

495
Q

Étouffer

A

Muffled

Deadened

496
Q

Faire entrer quelqu’un dans une pièce

A

To usher smone in

497
Q

Je te raccompagne a pied

En voiture

A

I’ll walk you back

I’ll drive you back

498
Q

Immobilité

A

Stillness